"pseudoephedrine" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sjuː.dəʊˈɛf.ə.dɹiːn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /su.doʊ.ɪˈfɛ.dɹɪn/ [General-American] Audio: En-pseudoephedrine.oga Forms: pseudoephedrines [plural]
Etymology: From pseudo- + ephedrine. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pseudo|ephedrine}} pseudo- + ephedrine Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pseudoephedrine (countable and uncountable, plural pseudoephedrines)
  1. (pharmacology) A sympathomimetic alkaloid commonly used as a decongestant; a chemical compound, an isomer of ephedrine, with the formula C₁₀H₁₅NO. Wikipedia link: pseudoephedrine Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical drugs Related terms: phenylephedrine, phenylephrine Translations (sympathomimetic alkaloid): pseudoefedrina (Catalan), 偽麻黃鹼 (Chinese Mandarin), 伪麻黄碱 (wěimáhuángjiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), pseudoefedrin [masculine] (Czech), pseudo-efedrine (Dutch), pseudoefedriini (Finnish), pseudoéphédrine [masculine] (French), Pseudoephedrin [neuter] (German), pszeudoefedrin (Hungarian), pseudoefedrino (Ido), súideifidrín [masculine] (Irish), pseudoefedrina [feminine] (Italian), pseudoefedrin (Norwegian), pseudoefedryna [feminine] (Polish), pseudoefedrina [feminine] (Portuguese), псевдоэфедри́н (psevdoefedrín) [masculine] (Russian), pseudoefedrin [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), pseudoefedrina [feminine] (Spanish), seudoefedrina [feminine] (Spanish), pseudoefedrin (Swedish)

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